Pursuant to relevant legislation, the company Poslovni sistem Mercator, d.d., hereby informs the shareholders and the public of the following:


At yesterday's meeting, the Management Board of the company Mercator, d.d., adopted a decision to perform a financial, tax and legal (vendor) due diligence of the companies of the Mercator Group for the period of last five years, within the preliminary preparation proceedings for the issuance of up to 20 percent of new company share capital, based on approved share capital, in case of any further strategic combinations and alliances.

The activities for the preparation of the vendor due diligence will start at November 15th 2009, and the final due diligence report will be prepared together with the audited annual report, at the latest by the end of February 2010.

Since some of the bigger owners of the shares of the company Mercator, d.d., in recent months unofficially expressed their intention not to hold the shares in the long-run due to their investment profile, the Management Board also adopted a decision that the vendor due diligence report will be provided to potential new investors into the company’s shares, should that be the interest of the owners wishing to sell their shares. That way, the company will enable a transparent, integrated and efficient basis for the investment decisions to those shareholders, interested in exiting the ownership structure, and to new investors, interested in entering the ownership structure of the company.

The decision on who should receive the final vendor due diligence report and to what extent, the following basic principles will be taken into account by the Management Board:

   (1) The company shall ensure equal availability of information and equal treatment of its every shareholder.

   (2) The company shall not disclose any confidential or sensitive information that would potentially benefit any third party while inflicting damage for the Mercator Group.

   (3) The company shall inform its shareholders via stock market information dissemination system of any activities that would in any way be a part of any procedures related to the disposal of its shares.

The Management Board believes that the above stated activities should contribute to the ownership structure stabilisation, which is important for the continuation of the long-term self-standing development of the Mercator Group in line with the accepted strategic guidelines.

This announcement will be published at the company website at www.mercator.si as of November 10th 2009, for a period of at least five years.